Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 & 2 St Mary Street
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48020, -3.17948
- Cadw reference
- 13795
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On corner with Church Street.
History
Originates from early C18; much altered and restored.
Exterior
Two shops. Two storeys plus attic; stuccoed, slate roof. Five windows to St Mary Street, 5 to R return. First floor windows have pediments on brackets and shallow architraves, 12-pane sash glazing. Three hipped dormers to each elevation, small-pane casement glazing. On ground floor, modern shopfronts, entrance to No 1 in corner.
Reason for designation
Included despite successive alterations and restorations as almost the last survivor of C18 Cardiff.
Nearby in the register
- SelectCommercialunder 1 mi
- National Westminster BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Market Buildings (See Trinity St for Market)Commercialunder 1 mi
- 13 & 14 KitchensCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.